The first line in this poem is an example of what literary and poetic term expert from tales of a wayside inn by Henry wadsworth longfellow?

The first line of the poem "Tales of a Wayside Inn" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is "It was the schooner Hesperus." This line is an example of personification, as the schooner is given human-like qualities by being named and described as if it were a person.